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Health effects of instruction intensity : evidence from a natural experiment in German high-schools
Quis, Johanna Sophie; Reif, Simon - 2017
light on this discussion by analyzing the health effects of a reform in Germany where total years of schooling for students …A large literature aims to establish a causal link between education and health using changes in compulsory schooling … health effects for females while they are still in school. However, after graduation, females even seem to benefit from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011663397
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Health effects of instruction intensity : evidence from a natural experiment in German high-schools
Quis, Johanna Sophie; Reif, Simon - 2017
light on this discussion by analyzing the health effects of a reform in Germany where total years of schooling for students …A large literature aims to establish a causal link between education and health using changes in compulsory schooling … health effects for females while they are still in school. However, after graduation, females even seem to benefit from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011657744
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Why does height matter for educational Attainment? : evidence from German pre-teen children
Cinnirella, Francesco; Piopiunik, Marc; Winter, Joachim - 2010
Several studies have shown that body height is positively associated with educational attainment. In this paper, we investigate the mechanisms behind this relationship using data on German pre-teen students. We show that (i) taller children are more likely to enroll in 'Gymnasium', the most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003944687
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Why Does Height Matter for Educational Attainment? Evidence from German Pre-Teen Children
Cinnirella, Francesco; Piopiunik, Marc; Winter, Joachim K. - 2021
Several studies have shown that body height is positively associated with educational attainment. In this paper, we investigate the mechanisms behind this relationship using data on German pre-teen students. We show that (i) taller children are more likely to enroll in ‘Gymnasium’, the most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316231
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The impact of peer achievement and peer heterogeneity on own achievement growth : evidence from school transitions
Kiss, David - 2013
This paper estimates ability peer effects on achievement growth in reading and math. It exploits variation in peer characteristics generated at the transition from primary to secondary school in a sample of Berlin fifth-graders. As will be discussed in detail, this variation is exogenous in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010127858
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Understanding the effects of education on health : evidence from China
Huang, Wei - 2015
education on health among working-age population and explores the potential mechanisms. Using the exogenous variation in …-percentage points in reporting fair or poor health, 1-percentage points for underweight and 1.5-percentage points for smoking … and peer effects are important channels in the education-health nexus, and all of these factors explain almost half of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011308589
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Unlucky to be young? : the long-term effects of school starting age on smoking behaviour and health
Bahrs, Michael; Schumann, Mathias - 2016
In this study, we analyse the long-term effects of school starting age on smoking behaviour and health in adulthood … age reduces the long-term risk to smoke, improves long-term health, and affects physical rather than mental health. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011533515
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The causal effects of education on adult health, mortality and income : evidence from Mendelian randomization and the raising of the school leaving age
Davies, Neil M.; Dickson, Matt; Smith, George Davey; … - 2019
We compare estimates of the effects of education on health and health behaviour using two different instrumental … variables in the UK Biobank data. One is based on a conventional natural experiment while the other, known as Mendelian … randomization (MR), is based on genetic variants. The natural experiment exploits a compulsory schooling reform in the UK in 1972 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011988454
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The effect of education on health : evidence from the 1997 compulsory schooling reform in Turkey
Baltagi, Badi H.; Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso; Karatas, Haci M. - 2019
This paper analyzes the relationship between education and health outcomes using a natural experiment in Turkey. The … attainment to investigate the impact of education on body mass index, obesity, smoking behavior, and self-rated health, as well … statistically significant favorable effect of education on health outcomes and behavior. However, this relationship becomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005783
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The effect of education on health : evidence from the 1997 compulsory schooling reform in Turkey
Baltagi, Badi H.; Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso; Karatas, Haci M. - 2019
This paper analyzes the relationship between education and health outcomes using a natural experiment in Turkey. The … attainment to investigate the impact of education on body mass index, obesity, smoking behavior, and self-rated health, as well … statistically significant favorable effect of education on health outcomes and behavior. However, this relationship becomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012159294